Quotes About Freedom

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. [Inaugural Address, January 20 1961]

We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." [ Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America ; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, February 26, 1962]

Liberty without Learning is always in peril and Learning without Liberty is always in vain.

If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too

Leave town, Henry. Leave before they trap you

Arturo Bandini: -What does happiness mean to you Camilla? Camilla: -That you can fall in love with whoever you want to, and not feel ashamed of it.

Independence may have been declared in 1776, but it still had to be won. Years of bloody warfare followed. The death toll was staggering, for soldiers and noncombatants. Of all the wars in the history of the United States, only the Civil War witnessed a greater percentage of deaths among those who soldiered. The ratio of

My mission, I guess, has always been the kind of world where lesbian and gay people can celebrate who we are with equal freedom, dignity, and respect.

In giving rights to others which belong to them, we give rights to ourselves and to our country

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights - even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable.

The path we have chosen for the present is full of hazards, as all paths are. ... The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. (Announcing blockade of Cuba)

There are many people in the world who really don't understand-or say they don't-what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. ... Let them come to Berlin

We're going to see Ragnak," Halt told him. "He's going to have to promise to free every slave who fights for Hallasholm." Will shook his head doubtfully. "He won't like that," he said. Halt turned and looked at him, a faint grin touching the corner of his mouth. He'll hate it," he agreed.

A foolish way to get around." Hal smiled. "If the gods had meant us to ride horses, they never would have given us ships.

Be beholden to no one, he had said. Make sure you owe nobody any favors.

My horse went lame about ten days back and I turned him loose.

En dan,' zei hij, 'zal ik Alyss uit dat verdomde kasteel van jullie bevrijden - al moet ik het steen voor steen afbreken.

Zo, kijk nou eens wat de kat me komt brengen,' zei hij opgewekt. 'Hoe kom jij in 's hemelsnaam hier terecht, Halt?' 'Wij zijn gekomen om je te bevrijden,' antwoordde de oude Jager. De oberjarl keek vragend naar de leren riemen waarmee zijn vrienden waren vastgebonden. 'Nou, je hebt daarvoor een vreemde tactiek verzonnen dan.

The Slave master named Mahmel Was a nasty kind of thug, so Stiggy dropped a rock on him and squashed him like a bug.

Gelukkig is het niet verplicht.' Gilan deed alsof hij even nadacht. 'Ik zou het verplicht kunnen máken.' Ze glimlachte allerliefst naar hem. 'Ja, dan kan ik eindelijk eens een opdracht aan mijn laars lappen.

To write poetry and to commit suicide, apparently so contradictory, had really been the same, attempts at escape.